Addison Boy Name

The name Addison is of English origin, and means son of Adam.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Addison has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.

Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Addison

Use of the Name Addison for Boys During the Last ...

125 Years

50 Years

25 Years

10 Years

5 Years

2 Years

1 Year

8,094

6,418

6,418

3,947

2,109

851

424

The table below indicates the number of times the name Addison has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Addison

Used as a Boy Name

Used as a Girl Name

Year

Rank

Count

Rank

Count

1880

392

19

1881

417

17

1882

389

21

1883

382

20

1884

450

17

1885

440

17

1886

452

16

1887

515

12

1888

416

20

1889

581

11

1890

512

14

1891

598

10

1892

597

12

1893

706

9

1894

419

20

1895

456

19

1896

551

14

1897

787

8

1898

485

18

1899

583

12

1900

788

11

1901

727

9

1902

583

14

1903

577

15

1904

810

9

1905

593

16

1906

1907

813

11

1908

632

17

1909

801

13

1910

928

12

1911

707

20

1912

754

33

1913

834

33

1914

662

59

1915

766

61

1916

700

72

1917

710

73

1918

736

76

1919

820

64

1920

894

59

1921

759

77

1922

779

73

1923

824

67

1924

918

58

1925

1926

874

58

1927

827

65

1928

903

55

1929

960

49

1930

873

57

1931

894

51

1932

1933

995

41

1934

985

42

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

513

295

1987

543

281

1988

585

249

1989

646

240

1990

645

247

1991

651

243

1992

634

263

1993

584

311

1994

554

342

800

252

1995

545

350

677

314

1996

544

350

547

427

1997

549

358

475

530

1998

548

362

404

677

1999

507

418

369

794

2000

513

436

322

981

2001

524

423

270

1,160

2002

550

399

220

1,450

2003

537

427

189

1,696

2004

542

424

160

2,031

Totals:

8,094

10,312

During the last 125 years, parents have used Addison as a boy's name about 43% of the time and as a girl's name about 56% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Addison appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 71 times during the last 125 years.